Table 4 Diseases with at least one species mentioned with 5 citations listed in order of its Informant Consensus Factor (FIC). In square brackets the number of citations of disease category (UR) and the FIC; Known to literature: + known, – not known, *indirectly related; Literature used: Neuwinger, Iwu, Latham and Konda ku Mbuta [11, 57, 58]
From: First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola
Disease | Species | UR | L |
|---|---|---|---|
measles [UR 10; FIC 0.78] | Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis | 8 | – |
(bloody) diarrhoea, dysentery [UR 115; FIC 0.61] | Bridelia ferruginea | 11 | + |
Hymenocardia acida | 10 | + | |
Psidium guajava | 8 | + | |
Combretum racemosum | 6 | + | |
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon | 6 | + | |
Elaeis guineensis | 5 | + | |
Lannea edulis | 5 | + | |
Syzygium guineense | 5 | + | |
skeletal deformation, scoliosis [UR 82; FIC 0.6] | Aframomum alboviolaceum | 8 | – |
Dialium englerianum | 7 | – | |
Hymenocardia acida | 5 | – | |
Oncoba welwitschii | 5 | – | |
Securidaca longipedunculata | 5 | – | |
anaemia [UR 39; FIC 0.58] | Annona stenophylla subsp. cuneata | 6 | – |
Ochna afzelii subsp. mechowiana | 5 | + | |
stomachache [UR 183; FIC 0.58] | Senna occidentalis | 16 | + |
Morinda morindoides | 11 | + | |
Morinda lucida | 10 | + | |
Sarcocephalus latifolius | 10 | + | |
Annona stenophylla subsp. cuneata | 6 | + | |
Rauvolfia vomitoria | 6 | + | |
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon | 5 | + | |
erectile dysfunction, impotence [UR 59; FIC 0.57] | Mondia whitei | 13 | + |
Thonningia sanguinea | 9 | * | |
injury, sprain [UR 40; FIC 0.56] | Chromolaena odorata | 7 | + |
hepatitis [UR 16; FIC 0.53] | Erythrina abyssinica | 5 | + |
skin infection, problems, leprosy, cicatrices [UR 79; FIC 0.5] | Psorospermum febrifugum | 11 | + |
Chaetocarpus africanus | 5 | + | |
parasitic worms (intestine) [UR 59; FIC 0.48] | Morinda morindoides | 8 | + |
Morinda lucida | 6 | + | |
fever, malaria [UR 53; FIC 0.48] | Chromolaena odorata | 8 | * |
Dysphania ambrosioides | 7 | + | |
toothache, caries [UR 44; FIC 0.47] | Maprounea africana | 7 | + |
heart problems, blood pressure [UR 18; FIC 0.47] | Brillantaisia owariensis | 5 | – |
respiratory diseases [UR 140; FIC 0.47] | Dysphania ambrosioides | 6 | + |
rheumatism, gout, pain [UR 124; FIC 0.47] | Croton mubango | 11 | + |
Securidaca longipedunculata | 9 | + | |
Vitex madiensis | 6 | + | |
headache, vertigo, weakness, fatigue [UR 101; FIC 0.45] | Oncoba welwitschii | 5 | + |
Vitex madiensis | 5 | + | |
eye parasites, eye problems [UR 36; FIC 0.4] | Albizia adianthifolia | 5 | + |
epilepsy, convulsion [UR 42; FIC 0.39] | Costus afer | 5 | + |
constipation, flatulence [UR 48; FIC 0.34] | Maprounea africana | 7 | + |